The Archaeology and Topography of Greece 22nd August – 12th September 2021
PROVISIONAL ITINERARY
Sunday 22nd August 20.00 Meet and greet, informal dinner
Monday 23rd August 09.30 Course introduction and tour of the BSA 10.15 Library and Archive tour 11.00 Coffee 11.30 Lecture: The history of archaeology and the archaeology of history in Greece 13.00 Buffet Lunch 14.00 Lecture: Ways of approaching archaeological sites 15.15 Lecture: Archaeological Science, tour of Fitch Laboratory 16.30 Class: An introduction to ancient pottery and handling session (BSA Museum) 19.00 BBQ
Tuesday 24th August 08.30 The Acropolis and the Areopagus The Periclean Building Programme The Archaic Acropolis, and ‘hidden’ phases of an archaeological site Interior of the Parthenon: the Parthenon Restoration Project The Acropolis Museum Multi-temporality on the Acropolis Slopes Sculpture I: Archaic korai Power, politics, and storytelling on the Parthenon marbles 17.00 Group outing
Wednesday 25th August 09.00 The Athenian Agora Town-planning and urban spaces Politics and democracy in Classical Athens ‘Big dig’ archaeology, and the long history of an excavation The ancient economy: storing and transporting goods (Agora Museum) The slopes of the Acropolis Community in Classical Athens: sanctuaries and theatres Rites of initiation
Thursday 26th August 09.00 The National Archaeological Museum Prehistoric gallery: funerary assemblages and their curation Pottery gallery: ceramic typologies and chronologies Sculpture II: the male body through time 17.00 Group outing
Friday 27th August 09.00 Kerameikos Death and burial through time Archaeological skills: identifying archaeological phases Pnyx, Roman Agora, Little Metropolis, Temple of Olympian Zeus The transformation of Classical Athens in the Hellenistic, Roman, and Byzantine periods Spolia and cultural appropriation Mt Lykavettos The ancient and modern topography of Athens
Saturday 28th August* 08.00 Eretria Archaeological skills: ‘reading’ domestic remains Archaeological Museum of Eretria Lefkandi ‘Minding the gap’ between prehistory and history BSA excavations at Lefkandi 20.00 Pot-luck dinner
Sunday 29th August FREE DAY
Monday 30th August 09.00 Piraeus museum Key theme: trade and connection Town-planning and urban spaces Sculpture III: bronzes and funerary sculpture Numismatic museum Price and value in antiquity What can small finds tell us about big themes? Museology I: a museum that tells two stories
Tuesday 31st August* 08.00 Delphi Myth, history, and ‘myth-history’ at the Sanctuary of Apollo Interstate competition Key theme: Pan-Hellenic sanctuaries Archaeological Museum of Delphi 19.30 Group dinner in Livadeia Overnight in Livadeia
Wednesday 1st September* 09.00 Chaironea (Re-)memorialising the battle of Chaironea Archaeological Museum of Chaironea Orchomenos Funerary landscapes: Boeotia Museum of Thebes Evidence for life and death in the Bronze Age The Acropolis of Thebes: the museology of an excavation Thebes between myth and history
Thursday 2nd September 10.00 Cycladic Museum Aesthetics and the display of ancient ‘art’ The Cypriot collection: within or beyond the Aegean world? Museology II: education and public engagement Byzantine Museum Remembering and forgetting Classical Greece Museology III: reconstruction and experience BSA Collections Assembling an assemblage: understanding pot sherds BSA SPHS Photo Archive An introduction to Greek epigraphy 19.00 Movie night
Friday 3rd September* 08.30 Marathon (Re-)memorialising the battle of Marathon Archaeological Museum of Marathon Brauron Phenomenology, psychology, and interpretation of ancient ritual Archaeological Museum of Brauron Sounion The role of maritime sanctuaries in the Archaic and Classical periods Archaeological skills: ‘reading’ domestic remains Key theme: trade and connection
Saturday 4th September* 09.00 Amphiareion at Oropos Myth, history, and the natural landscape The journey of a pilgrim through an ancient sanctuary Rhamnous Deme sanctuaries in rural Attica Town-planning and urban spaces
Sunday 5th September FREE DAY
Monday 6th September* Depart from BSA for Peloponnese 08.00 Eleusis ‘Decoding’ the Eleusinian Mysteries with literature, history, and archaeology Reception and rebuilding of Classical cult in the Roman period Corinth Romanisation and Christianisation in Corinthia Domestic economies Epidauros Theatre Performing in ancient and modern Epidauros Overnight in Nafplion
Tuesday 7th September* 09.00 Tiryns Late Bronze Age fortification archaeology I Archaeological skills: visualising an ancient site and its landscape Mycenae Late Bronze Age fortification archaeology II Prehistoric archaeology between Schliemann and Homer Funerary landscapes: the Argolid Nemea Key theme: Pan-Hellenic sanctuaries The Nemean Games and Nemea stadium 19.30 Group dinner in Nafplion Overnight in Nafplion
Wednesday 8th September* 08.00 Argive Heraion Sanctuaries, landscapes, and territory in the Argolid Archaeological skills: visualising an ancient site and its landscape Olive Museum in Sparta Museology IV: how to design a 21st century museum Mystras The long history of Laconia, between Mystras and Sparta An introduction to Byzantine art and architecture Overnight in Pylos
Thursday 9th September* 09.00 Palace of Nestor Late Bronze Age fortification archaeology III Funerary landscapes: Messenia Conservation and public display of an archaeological site Methone Building fortifications in the Venetian period Key theme: trade and connection Pylos Castle Archaeological skills: review activity and student-led tour Museum of underwater archaeology The battle of Sphacteria Overnight in Pylos
Friday 10th September* 08.30 Messene Town-planning and urban spaces Finding isonomia and the rules of fair-play in the material record Anastylosis: to what extent should we ‘restore’ archaeological sites? Bassai (Re)-building Archaic and Classical temples The interior of the Temple of Apollo Epikourios Overnight in Olympia
Saturday 11th September* 09.00 Olympia Myth, history, and ‘myth-history’ at the Sanctuary of Zeus Interstate competition Key theme: Pan-Hellenic sanctuaries Archaeological Museum of Olympia 19.30 Farewell dinner Overnight in Olympia
Sunday 12th September 10.00 Depart Olympia for Athens Airport, to arrive by c.15.00
* Indicates a day when a picnic lunch is supplied. All breakfasts are included within the course programme.